Jacob Barber- Oklahoma- 2019 (CAPTURED)

(Above photo credit: normantranscript.com via Moore (Oklahoma) Police Department)

From KFOR:

MOORE, Okla. - Authorities in Moore say a man made a gruesome discovery after a friend didn't make it to church on Sunday morning.

“A person went to a residence to check on a friend who did not show up for church. Found out that person was deceased. Once officers arrived, they determined it to be a homicide,” Sgt. Jeremy Lewis, with the Moore Police Department, said.

Officials say 48-year-old Glenn Barber's body was discovered inside his home this weekend.

Now, officers are looking for his son, 21-year-old Jacob Barber, who police say may be driving his father's 2007 white Nissan Pathfinder. On Monday afternoon, authorities announced that Barber is now wanted on an active warrant for first-degree murder.

“We definitely need to talk to him to get some more information on possibly what happened at the house,” Lewis said.

Neighbors in the area say Glenn and Jacob moved to the area not too long ago.

“Seen them in and out a little bit but never got acquainted,” a neighbor said.

News 4 talked to those who knew Glenn. They say he was active with a local children's camp and previously worked for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma.

The BGCO sent us the following statement:

“We are heartbroken to learn of Glenn’s death. He was a kind, caring man who loved Jesus and other people. Glenn will be greatly missed by his many Oklahoma Baptist friends across the state.”

Glenn's daughter acknowledged on Facebook that police would like to talk to her brother and that he has long suffered from mental illness.

If you know where Jacob Barber may be, you’re urged to call Moore police at 405-793-5171.

kfor.com/2019/07/22/moore-police-man-wanted-for-questioning-after-father-found-dead/



Thoughts? Based on local media reports, Jacob Barber was still at large at least as of July 22nd, 2019.

I want to say this, in no way making excuses for Jacob Barber, but I sometimes on this forum tell family members involved in tragedies that I can't imagine what they're going through. I have mental illness in my family, have had incidents involving violence because of mental illness in my family, and it is one of the issues I am sensitive with when it comes to fugitive cases on our forum and actually can somewhat relate. Some defendants use mental illness as a convenient excuse and they aren't really mentally ill, but it's not always illegitimate.

It doesn't mean Jacob didn't know right from wrong, but I sympathize with what Glenn Barber's family must be going through, they've lost both Glenn and Jacob (regardless of if and when he's caught, it will never be the same) now, and I just hope the manhunt for Jacob can end peacefully with no further loss of life in this very sad story.

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